Journal profile
Zemljiste i biljka
ISSN 0514-6658 · eISSN 2560-4279 · Serbian Soil Science Society, Belgrade · Serbia
Zemljiste i biljka: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zemljiste i biljka is published by Serbian Soil Science Society, Belgrade. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agricultural Science and Fertilization, Soil Management and Crop Yield and Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques, together about 33.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Soil Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal “Zemljište i Biljka - Soil and Plant - Почва и Растение” is the official three lingual (Serbian-English-Russian) journal of the Soil Science Society of Serbia (SDPZ), which publishes original research findings and reviews on soil science, plant nutrition and related subjects. “Zemljiste i biljka” publishes original research papers in both fundamental and applied aspects of all soils science disciplines, i.e., pedology, agrochemistry, plant nutrition, soil microbiology and biology, soil fertility and degradation, monitoring and biodiversity, effects of climates changes and sustainable agriculture, forest environment, melioration, remediation, conservation, contamination, GIS, remote sensing, modelling, soil sealing, precision agriculture, GHGs emissions and carbon sequestration, biofuels and biochar, soil and water interactions, soil tillage, land use, food security, agriculture policies etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Snežana JakšićPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Science and FertilizationAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.6%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
- Plant Growth and Agriculture TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.7%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.3%
- Irrigation Practices and Water ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Plant Ecology and Soil ScienceEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Dimensions, CrossrefPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.48OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 124 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 28 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 49 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 21 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 23 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- original research paperspublishes original research papers in both fundamental and applied aspects of all soils science disciplinesLength not stated
- reviewspublishes original research findings and reviews on soil science, plant nutrition and related subjectsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Trilingual journal (Serbian-English-Russian) of the Soil Science Society of Serbia (SDPZ) publishing original research and reviews on soil science, plant nutrition, and related subjects. Model summary
official three lingual (Serbian-English-Russian) journal of the Soil Science Society of Serbia (SDPZ)
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Serbian Soil Science Society, Belgrade
- Country or region
- Serbia
- Language
- English, Serbo-Croatian
- ISSN
- 0514-6658
- Electronic ISSN
- 2560-4279
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Zemljiste i biljka
How long does peer review take at Zemljiste i biljka?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Zemljiste i biljka?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zemljiste i biljka is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Zemljiste i biljka open access, and what is the APC?
Zemljiste i biljka is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .